About “Holland, 1945”

Jeff Mangum has stated in concerts multiple times that this song was mainly inspired by the diary of Anne Frank, as with most of the subjects explored on the album, which also links again back to the title. Using the kaleidoscopic lyricism found spread across In the Aeroplane Over The Sea, he explores his love and admiration of Anne Frank, and travels through different visions of how her legacy lives on.

This song was the last to be named on the album, and was originally called “Untitled”, just like the tenth track on the album. Eventually Jeff Mangum settled on two titles given by Chris Bilheimer, who was in charge of art direction, when he was working on a broadsheet-style lyric sheet for the album, and “Holland” and “1945” were placed together. Jeff Mangum liked the two titles so much he didn’t know which one to choose, so Bilheimer suggested that he use both.

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